----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:35:37 -0600, Dan Minette > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The point that was made was not, since children are not allowed to > > > > participate in prostitution, there is something wrong with it. The > > point > > > > is that it isn't just one more job. Being a soldier isn't just one > > more > > > > job; the job entails having people try to kill you. It's considered > > too > > > > risky for children to make a rational choice as to whether they want to > > > > risk their lives to serve their country. Coal mining is not as > > dangerous > > > > and so 16 year olds can work in coal mines. > > > > > > There are 16 year old coal miners, soldiers and sex workers. You > > > weren't talking about 16 year olds though, were you? You were talking > > > about under 16s, children, which is an entirely different matter. If > > > your point was simply that not all jobs are the same I wonder why you > > > felt you had to make it. > > > > 16 is the age limit for work in the US. Elsewhere, there are 10 year old > > soldiers and prostitutes, and factory workers. Indeed, I know one of the > > surviving "Lost Boys", he goes to our church. The point is that sex is not > > just one more activity. > > As is obvious from conversation further upthread this is not what I > and most other participants believe. I replied to your post however > because you dragged children into the conversation and then seemed to > pretend you hadn't. Actually, I the person I considered was not a child. And I quote myself: "In both cases, there is a 15 year old daughter" Laws give quite a bit of latitude towards requirements placed on 15 year olds by those running the household in which she lives. Indeed, family businesses are exempt from many of the laws against employment of minors. 15 year olds can marry in many countries/states. It is above the median age for first carnal knowledge in Scotland, as of 6 years ago at least....at least that's what the news said. I chose that age quite deliberately....to not drag children into it. Someone having sex with a 15 year old girl is not considered a pedophile, for example. So, lets add a year and say she was 16, and able to work in a coal mine. Would it be reasonable for her step-father to require her to have sex as part of her normal responsibilities at home? Would it be reasonable for him to simply offer her privileges (such as no chores, extra spending money, and a later curfew) without any overt threats of punishment for non-compliance? If it were an offer to work in his business, it would generally be considered reasonable. The point is that there is something different about sex. It involves emotions, sense of self, etc. Since I thought my point was rather modest...that selling one's body isn't conducive to good mental health, I'm still a bit puzzled by how radical that idea seems to some. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
